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ourselves give a ready obedience to the same. We slioiild 

 respect the dignity of office, and render all loyal aid and 

 assistance to those who administer the affairs of the nation. 

 And at this time, when civil war is shaking the pillars of our 

 government to their very foundations, and while the ship of 

 state is battling in storm and tempest with billows lashed into 

 fury by sectional animosity and hate, he who refuses thp aid of 

 his lips, of his arm, and of his heart to those who hold the helm 

 while directing the ship aright, and he who withholds his warn- 

 ing voice when breakers are seen ahead — are alike foes and 

 traitors to their country. 



In this great ordeal through which our country is passing, 

 every man has a duty to perform. Justice to his family, to his 

 neighbors, to his country, and to his posterity, alike demand 

 performance, however great the sacrifice may be. Rebels in 

 arms must be taught to respect the sovereignty of law, and the 

 power of constitutional government, and when obedience shall 

 be enforced, or yielded, then it will be our duty to show that 

 clemency is the attribute of greatness, — that no bond of union 

 is half so strong as that which is riveted with love and fraternal 

 feelings. 



When that time comes, then shall we have an honorable and 

 permanent peace, in which plenty shall rejoice the husband- 

 man, prosperity bless all classes and sections of our common 

 country, and the gratitude of a nation shall keep green the 

 memory of its living and fallen heroes. Then shall we emerge 

 from the calamities and dangers which now beset our path 

 with a strength to vindicate our rights at home and abroad — 

 with power to rebuke foreign interference and to maintain the 

 policy of our republic in the face of the world. 



